Usage of GitHub Copilot is measured through a combination of licenses and monthly usage tracking. For more information about how usage costs in Copilot work, see GitHub Copilot premium requests.
Licenses for Copilot
Copilot licenses are required for each user who uses Copilot. Licenses are available through different plans depending on your account type.
| Account type | Options |
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| Personal accounts |
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| Organizations | Copilot Business: 19 美元 per user per month (billed monthly). |
| Enterprises | Choose Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise, or mix them across organizations. Both are billed monthly, pricing varies. |
注意
如果你具备有效的 Copilot 专业版 或 Copilot Pro+ 计划，并分配到 Copilot Business 或 Copilot Enterprise 计划中的席位，则你的个人 Copilot 计划将会自动取消。 你将收到个人计划当前计费周期剩余部分的按比例退款。 然后，可以根据你的公司设置的策略继续使用 Copilot。
Free use of Copilot
There are several ways to use Copilot for free.
Copilot 免费版
- Provides limited access to Copilot features at no cost.
- Includes a monthly allowance of completions and premium requests.
- Intended for individual use only (not suitable for organizations or enterprises).
- For usage beyond the free plan limits, upgrade to Copilot 专业版.
30-day trial for Copilot 专业版
- Before starting a paid plan for a personal account, you can activate a one-time 30-day trial. Start using Copilot 免费版.
- You must choose a monthly or yearly billing cycle and provide a payment method.
- If you do not cancel before the end of the trial, it automatically converts to a paid plan.
- You can cancel any time during the 30 days. If you cancel, you will not be charged and will keep access until the trial ends.
Educational and open source benefits
- Copilot 专业版 is free for verified students, teachers, and maintainers of popular open source projects. See 以学生、教师或维护者身份免费访问 GitHub Copilot Pro.
How usage of Copilot licenses is measured
Usage of Copilot licenses is measured by the number of seats used.
Personal accounts
- You choose monthly or yearly billing.
- Plan changes (upgrades, downgrades, or switching between monthly and yearly) take effect immediately, with proration applied where relevant.
- Canceling a monthly plan keeps access until the end of the cycle; yearly plans run until the end of the paid term.
For details on billing and proration, see 关于个人版 GitHub Copilot 计划的计费.
Organizations and enterprises
- A seat is a license for one user.
- Organizations and enterprises are billed for the number of assigned seats at the end of each monthly billing cycle.
- If a user has seats in multiple organizations within the same enterprise, the enterprise is only billed once per cycle.
- If both a Copilot Business and a Copilot Enterprise seat are assigned, only the enterprise seat is billed.
For more information about seat assignment, see GitHub Copilot 席位分配.
Using more than your plan's included seats
Individual plans are tied to a single account and can’t include additional seats. To license multiple users, upgrade to an organizational plan.
For organizations and enterprises:
- You can assign additional Copilot seats at any time.
- Additional seats are billed immediately on a prorated basis for the rest of the current billing cycle.
- Assigned users gain access to Copilot features right away.
For details about how added seats are billed, see 更改 GitHub Copilot 许可证.
Paying for Copilot licenses
You pay for additional licenses using the payment method set up for your GitHub account. See 管理付款和账单信息.
Managing your budget for Copilot licenses
To help manage your budget for Copilot licenses, consider the following strategies.
Personal accounts
- You can set budgets for your personal account to receive email alerts at 75%, 90%, and 100% of the budget.
- Budgets help you monitor spending but do not stop license charges.
For more information about using budgets to control spending, see 设置预算以控制按流量计费的产品的支出.
Organizations and enterprises
- Owners and billing managers can set budgets at the organization or enterprise level, or by cost center.
- Budgets for licenses are monitoring-only: spending can exceed the budget, but alerts notify you when thresholds are reached.
- Use cost centers to track spending across teams or initiatives.
For more information about managing company spending, see 在 GitHub Copilot 上管理公司的支出.